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A ROYAL NAPKIN, linen damask. "Strödda kronor". Flors Manufactorie, Mo socken, Hälsingland, Sweden. Woven date 1801.
A ROYAL NAPKIN, linen damask. "Strödda kronor". Flors Manufactorie, Mo socken, Hälsingland, Sweden. Woven date 1801.
96 x 87 cm. The field has crowns. A wide border with urns, in the corners fountains, under them there are Royal crowns of which one is brocaded, under that woven 1801. The pattern has been woven already during the early 1740's, but the damast with woven dating 1800 and 1801 was the damask for the Swedish King Gustaf IV Adolf.
Insignificant stains, damages and repairs.
Literature
Compare with Thorman, Elisabeth: An Exhibition catalogue "Damastduktyg från Blekinge", Karlskrona, Stadshotellet 5-12 May 1937, No. 3, plate page 105.